Chapter 130 Destroy the dam? This is a no-fly zone!
But they ran away halfway through building it.

The construction was so difficult that the Canadian team was unable to handle it.

Since it can’t be built anyway, I might as well just run away!
After that, many countries wanted to take over, after all, it was a popular commodity.

But they specifically asked for China's participation, and I don't believe anyone else but China's infrastructure!
Huaxia lived up to expectations and successfully took over and completed the construction of the Inga Dam.

Dams have several main functions, namely flood discharge, power generation, water storage and navigation.

Most dams focus on only one of these aspects.

For example, the Panama Canal mainly solves shipping problems.

For example, the Hoover Dam mainly solves the problem of water storage and drinking water.

The Three Gorges Dam is a rare comprehensive dam in the world that can solve all these problems.

The water storage capacity can reach 1500 West Lakes!
【Now that I say it, the Three Gorges Dam is really amazing! 】

[Amazing? This is all achieved by spending a lot of money! ]

[Yes, I searched on Google and found that the Three Gorges Dam cost a whopping 2500 billion! ]

[Wat? 2500 billion? It will take hundreds of years to get back the money? ]

【Return the money? Impossible! 】

Regarding this question, Chen Lu just wanted to tell him that he had already made back his investment.

The investment in the Three Gorges Dam is high, but the payback is really quick!

It is the world's largest power station, with 32 hydropower units with a single capacity of 70 kilowatts and a total installed capacity of 2250 million kilowatts.

The annual power generation is about 1000 billion kWh, which is five times that of Daya Bay Nuclear Power Station and accounts for 5% of the country's hydropower generation.

If we calculate based on the GDP of 12 yuan per kilowatt-hour of electricity, the Three Gorges Dam’s power generation can support my country’s GDP of 1.2 trillion yuan!

Therefore, every kilowatt-hour of electricity used is actually contributing to the Three Gorges Dam.

In fact, generating electricity is not the main purpose of building the Three Gorges Dam.

The original purpose of its construction was to prevent and store flood water.

The Three Gorges Dam has the largest reservoir in the world, with a total water storage capacity of 393 billion cubic meters, which is equivalent to three Taihu Lakes and West Lakes!

If the water discharge rate is 10 cubic meters per second, it will take about 5 days to flow out. However, the maximum flow rate measured by the Yichang Hydrological Station of the Yangtze River in 1998 was 6.33 cubic meters per second.

In other words, with the Three Gorges Dam, such a large amount of flood water can be discharged in batches, minimizing the damage caused by the flood.

Not to mention the role in other areas.

The entire history of mankind is actually a history of struggle against natural disasters.

The Three Gorges Dam is the crystallization of the wisdom of the Chinese people in the process of struggle!

[The water storage capacity is equivalent to 1500 West Lakes? Are you kidding? ]

[West Lake is big enough, how big would 1500 West Lakes be? ]

【From this point of view, building the Three Gorges Dam is very cost-effective! 】

[Okay, I admit that I spoke a little loudly just now! ]

In fact, since the construction of the Three Gorges Dam began, the smear campaign on the external Internet has never stopped.

At first, it was said that the construction was so difficult that the Chinese would not be able to build it and would have to give up after a few days. However, the Chinese built the Three Gorges Dam and built it very well.

Later, he said that this was purely a face-saving project and would definitely lose money.

China has created huge benefits with the Three Gorges Dam, which has once again slapped them in the face.

They even went so far as to fabricate rumors that the Three Gorges Dam was tilted, broken, and about to collapse, and even made it appear on Google Maps.

But the country quickly refuted the rumor.

The way to refute the rumor is unique, directly using the Gaofen-6 satellite to take the photo!
The biggest features of this satellite are high resolution, high quality imaging and high efficiency imaging.

The pictures taken are countless times clearer than those released by Eagle Sauce!
As soon as the comparison picture was posted, netizens went wild.

The Three Gorges Dam is clearly in good condition, where is it broken or tilted?

Later we found out that it was because their satellite imaging technology was not advanced enough!

My goodness, after all this time, it turns out your satellite is too outdated!

Could you please use a more advanced satellite next time you spread rumors?

Otherwise, if we send out the Gaofen-6, it would be like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut!
There are also some so-called foreign experts who list the Three Gorges Dam as a major strategic goal during wartime.

As long as the Three Gorges Dam is destroyed, the massive amount of river water stored inside will pour out and cause a devastating blow to the cities downstream, which will then collapse on their own.

They even compared it to the dams built by the Allied forces during the attack on Germany during World War II.

After they destroyed the dam, a full 400 million tons of stored water gushed out!
More than 20 surrounding cities were submerged, and nearly 30,000 people died in the flood!
The industrial system was severely damaged and could not guarantee supplies for the troops on the front line, which greatly accelerated their defeat.

I can only say that this idea is indeed good, but wanting to destroy the Three Gorges Dam is really a bit too naive.

The first is the geographical location. The Three Gorges Dam is located in the core hinterland, and conventional weapons cannot reach that far.

Secondly, the designer thought about this problem at the beginning of construction.

The Three Gorges Dam has undergone special reinforcement, with a total of 2794 million tons of concrete poured, plus 29 tons of steel bars and 25.5 tons of steel, and 900 million tons of military cement used in key parts!
It is a concrete gravity dam in itself. Each dam block can rely on its own weight to remain stable. Even if a gap is blown open, it will not affect other parts, and there will be no large-scale dam collapse!

With this strength, ordinary missiles would just be scratching its itch.

In order to test the strength, Huaxia carried out high-intensity simulated blasting on the simulated dam body at the beginning of construction, and even carried out simulated blasting on the completed dam.

More than 200 tests were carried out, including seven nuclear tests!
Apart from China, which country dares to do this?
There is no way, we are so confident in our infrastructure capabilities!
It has no problem resisting attacks from hundreds of missiles at the same time, and even small-yield nuclear weapons cannot do anything to it.

If you want to make the dam collapse, you need a nuclear bomb with a yield of at least one million tons!

Not to mention, there are strict defense measures around the Three Gorges Dam.

As early as 1997, when the dam had just begun construction, China had already begun deploying defense devices around it.

There are at least three ground-based air defense units nearby, which have deployed a tight protective network mainly composed of Hongqi missiles, armed helicopters and fighter jets.

It is also equipped with an advanced anti-ballistic missile defense system and real-time monitoring by space satellites, and is fully capable of protecting the safety of the Three Gorges Dam.

This is also the strictest no-fly zone in China. All flying equipment, including drones, are prohibited here!

So if you want to destroy the Three Gorges Dam, you’d better save your energy. Maybe it’s possible in your dreams.

The Three Gorges Dam is just a microcosm of China's infrastructure capabilities.

Not to mention the four major projects of the new era, each of them is a miracle in the history of infrastructure!

(End of this chapter)